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203 Melbourne law firms, tier-ranked by Doyle's Guide.

Every Melbourne law firm with a 2025 or 2026 Doyle's Guide ranking across 25 practice areas. Tiers are First Tier, Second Tier, Third Tier, and Recommended — sourced from Doyle's peer surveys of Victorian legal practitioners, with attribution.

Firms ranked by Doyle's Guide tier presence

Sorted by best tier, then by number of practice area rankings. Click any firm to see their full tier breakdown across practice areas.

MinterEllison

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Commercial Litigation + 15 more

20 Doyle's Guide rankings

Hall & Wilcox

First Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 14 more

18 Doyle's Guide rankings

Ashurst

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Commercial Litigation + 10 more

15 Doyle's Guide rankings

Clayton Utz

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Commercial Litigation + 10 more

15 Doyle's Guide rankings

Thomson Geer

First Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 10 more

14 Doyle's Guide rankings

Allens

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Commercial Litigation + 8 more

13 Doyle's Guide rankings

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Commercial Litigation + 8 more

13 Doyle's Guide rankings

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

First Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 8 more

13 Doyle's Guide rankings

Lander & Rogers

First Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 10 more

13 Doyle's Guide rankings

Norton Rose Fulbright

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Commercial Litigation + 8 more

13 Doyle's Guide rankings

King & Wood Mallesons

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Corporate Mna + 6 more

10 Doyle's Guide rankings

Maddocks

First Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Employment + 6 more

10 Doyle's Guide rankings

Maurice Blackburn

First Tier

Commercial Litigation, Employment, Personal Injury

8 Doyle's Guide rankings

Arnold Bloch Leibler

First Tier

Banking Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 4 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Harwood Andrews

First Tier

Agribusiness, Commercial Litigation, Environment + 4 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Russell Kennedy

First Tier

Employment, Environment, Health Aged Care + 4 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Slater & Gordon

First Tier

Employment, Personal Injury

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

White & Case

First Tier

Banking Finance, Building Construction, Corporate Mna + 3 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Gordon Legal

First Tier

Employment, Personal Injury

5 Doyle's Guide rankings

KHQ Lawyers

First Tier

Corporate Mna, Employment, Estates Litigation + 2 more

5 Doyle's Guide rankings

Moray & Agnew

First Tier

Dust Diseases Defendant, Medical Negligence Defendant, Professional Indemnity + 2 more

5 Doyle's Guide rankings

Mallesons

First Tier

Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Property

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Wotton + Kearney

First Tier

Dust Diseases Defendant, Medical Negligence Defendant, Professional Indemnity + 1 more

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Zaparas Lawyers

First Tier

Personal Injury

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Moores

First Tier

Estates Litigation, Health Aged Care, Wills

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Velocity Legal

First Tier

Estates Litigation, Tax, Wills

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Best Hooper

First Tier

Environment, Town Planning

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Herbert Smith Freehills

First Tier

Banking Finance, Technology Media

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Hicks Oakley Chessell Williams

First Tier

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Kennedys

First Tier

Medical Negligence Defendant, Professional Indemnity

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Pinsent Masons

First Tier

Building Construction

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Seyfarth

First Tier

Employment, Workplace Safety

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Burt & Davies

First Tier

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Coote Family Lawyers

First Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Doogue + George

First Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Galbally & O'Bryan

First Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Kenna Teasdale Lawyers

First Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Kennedy Partners

First Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Stary Norton Halphen

First Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Taussig Cherrie Fildes

First Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Tony Hargreaves & Partners

First Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

HWL Ebsworth

Second/Leading

Agribusiness, Banking Finance, Building Construction + 15 more

19 Doyle's Guide rankings

K&L Gates

Second/Leading

Corporate Mna, Employment, Health Aged Care + 6 more

10 Doyle's Guide rankings

Mills Oakley

Second/Leading

Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna, Dust Diseases Defendant + 6 more

9 Doyle's Guide rankings

Colin Biggers & Paisley

Second/Leading

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Dust Diseases Defendant + 4 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Gilbert + Tobin

Second/Leading

Banking Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 3 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Arnold Thomas & Becker

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

5 Doyle's Guide rankings

Brave Legal

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Coulter Legal

Second/Leading

Agribusiness, Estates Litigation, Family + 1 more

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

KCL Law

Second/Leading

Building Construction, Estates Litigation, Property + 1 more

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Shine Lawyers

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Sladen Legal

Second/Leading

Health Aged Care, Property, Tax + 1 more

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Aitken Partners

Second/Leading

Estates Litigation, Health Aged Care, Wills

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Barry Nilsson

Second/Leading

Family, Professional Indemnity, Public Liability Defendant

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Davies Collison Cave

Second/Leading

Intellectual Property, Technology Media

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Gilchrist Connell

Second/Leading

Professional Indemnity, Public Liability Defendant, Workers Comp Defendant

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Polaris Lawyers

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

SBA Law

Second/Leading

Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna, Insolvency

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Angela Sdrinis Legal

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Fortitude Legal

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Kingston Reid

Second/Leading

Employment, Workplace Safety

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Molino Cahill

Second/Leading

Building Construction

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Nathan Yii Lawyers

Second/Leading

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

OFRM Lawyers

Second/Leading

Agribusiness, Family

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Rightside Legal

Second/Leading

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Terrill & Holmes

Second/Leading

Professional Indemnity, Public Liability Defendant

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Wisewould Mahony

Second/Leading

Public Liability Defendant, Workers Comp Defendant

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Cahill Family Lawyers

Second/Leading

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Emma Turnbull Lawyers

Second/Leading

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Forte Family Lawyers

Second/Leading

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Health Legal

Second/Leading

Health Aged Care

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Hunt & Hunt

Second/Leading

Dust Diseases Defendant

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Jewell Hancock

Second/Leading

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Macpherson Kelly

Second/Leading

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

marshalls+dent+wilmoth

Second/Leading

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Pica Criminal Lawyers

Second/Leading

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Planning & Property Partners

Second/Leading

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Slades & Parsons

Second/Leading

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Sparke Helmore

Second/Leading

Workplace Safety

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Suzanne Lyttleton Lawyers

Second/Leading

Estates Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Gadens

Third Tier

Banking Finance, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 6 more

10 Doyle's Guide rankings

Holding Redlich

Third Tier

Commercial Litigation, Employment, Insolvency + 3 more

7 Doyle's Guide rankings

Baker McKenzie

Third Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 3 more

6 Doyle's Guide rankings

Piper Alderman

Third Tier

Building Construction, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna + 3 more

6 Doyle's Guide rankings

Rigby Cooke

Third Tier

Employment, Estates Litigation, Property + 2 more

5 Doyle's Guide rankings

Arnold Dallas McPherson

Third Tier

Personal Injury

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Johnson Winter Slattery

Third Tier

Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mna, Intellectual Property + 1 more

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Robinson Gill

Third Tier

Criminal, Personal Injury

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

LHD Lawyers

Third Tier

Personal Injury

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Maxiom Injury Lawyers

Third Tier

Personal Injury

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Meridian Lawyers

Third Tier

Medical Negligence Defendant, Professional Indemnity, Public Liability Defendant

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

IDP Lawyers

Third Tier

Dust Diseases Defendant, Workers Comp Defendant

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Arkadia Family Law

Third Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Balmer & Associates

Third Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Becketts Lawyers

Third Tier

Corporate Mna

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Clancy & Triado

Third Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Fayman Lawyers

Third Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Galbally Parker

Third Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Hargreaves Family Law

Third Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

James Dowsley & Associates

Third Tier

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Justitia

Third Tier

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Kelly Workplace Lawyers

Third Tier

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Mitchell Family Law

Third Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

S&K Planning Lawyers

Third Tier

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Sayer Jones

Third Tier

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Strongman & Crouch

Third Tier

Commercial Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

TP Legal

Third Tier

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

DLA Piper

Recommended

Employment, Intellectual Property, Professional Indemnity + 1 more

4 Doyle's Guide rankings

Carbone Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Dentons

Recommended

Insolvency, Intellectual Property

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Henry Carus & Associates

Recommended

Personal Injury

3 Doyle's Guide rankings

Abbey Injury Law

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Andrew Simpson Legal

Recommended

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Danaher Moulton

Recommended

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Davis Lawyers

Recommended

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

DWF

Recommended

Professional Indemnity, Public Liability Defendant

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Eastern Bridge Lawyers

Recommended

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Greg Russo Law

Recommended

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Hamilton Locke

Recommended

Technology Media, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Hounslow Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Kauthen Legal

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Keypoint Law

Recommended

Intellectual Property, Technology Media

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

King & Collins

Recommended

Commercial Litigation, Estates Litigation

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Lawson Hughes Peter Walsh

Recommended

Estates Litigation, Wills

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Margalit Injury Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

National Compensation Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Recommended

Intellectual Property

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Ryan Carlisle Thomas

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Ryan Legal

Recommended

Personal Injury

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

Tisher Liner

Recommended

Commercial Litigation, Property

2 Doyle's Guide rankings

AB Natoli

Recommended

Estates Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

AGA Legal

Recommended

Tax

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Agar Singh Legal

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

AJ Macken & Co

Recommended

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Allison Rowe Family Lawyers

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Altus Lawyers

Recommended

Insolvency

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Angus Cameron & Partners

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Aptum Legal

Recommended

Commercial Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Avant

Recommended

Medical Negligence Defendant

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Barbayannis Lawyers

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Birdsong Legal

Recommended

Property

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Blackwood Family Lawyers

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

BRB Law

Recommended

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

By George Legal

Recommended

Intellectual Property

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Byrne Law

Recommended

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Canterbury Family Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Cargill Family Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

CE Family Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Challenger Law

Recommended

Tax

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Davies Lawyers

Recommended

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Dawes Vary & Riordan

Recommended

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Doyle's Family Law & Mediation

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Dribbin & Brown Criminal Lawyers

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Dwyer Legal

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Echo Law

Recommended

Commercial Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Ellis Palmos

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Elsum Family Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Estate Planning Equation

Recommended

Wills

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Estates & Administration Legal

Recommended

Estates Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

FAL Lawyers

Recommended

Intellectual Property

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Fittipaldi Injury Law

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Galbally O'Bryan

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Garde-Wilson Lawyers

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Gibbs Advisory

Recommended

Environment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Giorgianni & Liang

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Goldman Clark Family Lawyers

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Guthrie Legal

Recommended

Environment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Halperin & Co

Recommended

Tax

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Heinz Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

HFW

Recommended

Building Construction

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

HMB Lawyers

Recommended

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Hogan Dodds Moore Eaton

Recommended

Health Aged Care

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Jackson Lane

Recommended

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Judy Courtin Legal

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Lighthouse Family Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Longton Compensation Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Maddens Lawyers

Recommended

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Madgwicks

Recommended

Workplace Safety

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Marcus Lane Group

Recommended

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Marshall Jovanovska & Ralph

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Mel Walker Criminal Lawyer

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Melasecca & Zayler

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Milides Lawyers

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Morrison & Sawers

Recommended

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Mr Wolf Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Nambiar Hogg Family Lawyers

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Nevett Ford

Recommended

Estates Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Nevetts Lawyers

Recommended

Agribusiness

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Pascoe Criminal Law

Recommended

Criminal

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Phi Finney McDonald

Recommended

Commercial Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Planology

Recommended

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Polis Legal

Recommended

Town Planning

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Prime Injury Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

STAL Employment Lawyers

Recommended

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Sterling Walters

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Tim Connor Law

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Toner & Associates

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Trapski Family Law

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Tyler Tipping & Woods

Recommended

Family

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

VBR Lawyers

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Waller Legal

Recommended

Personal Injury

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

WorkDynamic

Recommended

Employment

1 Doyle's Guide ranking

Zion Legal

Recommended

Estates Litigation

1 Doyle's Guide ranking